I still use K&R formatting. But then I started writing like that in 1985. It really doesn't matter, the code compiles just the same.
But I guess some devs are more interested in presentation more than content -- says a lot about them as developers really.

Stack Overflow – like most online communities I've studied – naturally trends toward increased strictness over time. It's primarily a defense mechanism, an immune system of the sort a child develops after first entering school or daycare and being exposed to the wide, wide world of everyday sne...

Dunno if this is new or not "Chernobyl code" for code that seals old legacy stuff in concrete to provide a new API or calling mechanism whilst hiding the old implementation details.
Also, is there a name for C++ code written by a Java developer? You know, where they are wordy (smurfy) as hell and bring across all the introspection naming conventions when introspection isn't available?

Stack Overflow – like most online communities I've studied – naturally trends toward increased strictness over time. It's primarily a defense mechanism, an immune system of the sort a child develops after first entering school or daycare and being exposed to the wide, wide world of everyday sne...